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Memorial Day Reflectionhttps://historyofnavymedicine.org/2019/05/24/memorial-day-reflection/
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As you enjoy the Memorial Day weekend, please take time to remember someone you know who gave his or her life in service to our country.

Search as I might, I couldn’t find any data on medical personnel who’ve died in war time. But we know many have. Those who care also die.

On Monday, I’ll have the honor of giving my city’s Memorial Day speech. Here’s my peroration:

In conclusion, I ask you – no, I task you:
–every day, to try to memorialize – perhaps by putting on a special pin or necklace, or by saying, out loud, the name or names of someone who died in our nation’s service – our nation’s fallen ones.
–when you do that, give a thought to those who still suffer the ravages of war time experience, and seek advice – the VFW would be a good source – about how you can support their care. Be sure our legislators know that you favor generous medical and psychological benefits for veterans, especially including the homeless and addicted men and women who’ve served.
–finally, hold in your thoughts those who now face danger on our behalf.

Let us be thankful, every day, that we live in this great country, and, let us be especially thankful for the people who defended her then and defend her now. Let us remember them – and thereby preserve them from falling completely out of memory.

(c)2019 Thomas L Snyder

]]>https://historyofnavymedicine.org/2019/05/24/memorial-day-reflection/feed/0thomaslsnydermemorial-day.jpgAnnouncing the Papers Accepted for Presentation at the Society’s McMullen Symposium Panelhttps://historyofnavymedicine.org/2019/03/19/announcing-the-papers-accepted-for-presentation-at-the-societys-mcmullen-symposium-panel/
https://historyofnavymedicine.org/2019/03/19/announcing-the-papers-accepted-for-presentation-at-the-societys-mcmullen-symposium-panel/#respondTue, 19 Mar 2019 18:19:14 +0000http://historyofnavymedicine.org/?p=3269Continue reading →]]>The Society is proud to announce these papers have been selected for our panel on the history of maritime medicine at the Naval Academy McMullen Naval History Symposium at Annapolis, 19 – 20 September 2019.

The name of the Session is The Health of Sailors.

Papers:

“Those Wretched souls…” – The Health and Morale of European and American Seamen in Nineteenth Century British India, by Manikarnika Dutta, PhD Candidate, Welcome Unit in the History of Medicine, University of Oxford

Climate, disease and colonialism: the Massaua port in the Italian studies of tropical medicine (end of XIX Century – mid-XX Century, by Costanza Bonelli, PhD Candidate, University of Rome La Sapienza

Pride and Prejudice: Reforms, and the Rise in Status of British Naval Surgeons During the French Republican and Napoleonic Wars (1793 – 1815), by Gerald Stulc, MD, FACS (ret), CAPT, MC, USNR (RET)

Some time ago, I told you I would send out the current Treasurer’s Report so that you can see how efficiently your Society is run, and as a reminder that we are always appreciative of our members’ dues-donation support. I’m pleased to attach the report for fiscal year 2018, just given to the Foundation Board of Directors today. [Editor’s note: I cannot attach the report to this post. If you want to see it, contact me at historyofnavymedicine@gmail.com]

Two of our Board members resigned today. Captain Joel Labow, MC, USN (Ret) has served on the Board for several years. He resigns because of health issues. We appreciate his years of service and guidance. Captain Kenneth Hagan, USN (Ret) has been on the Board for two years. He resigned for logistical reasons. We appreciate his service and guidance as well. We are now looking for volunteers to serve on our Board. This is reasonably light work, requiring perhaps 3 or 4 hours of concentrated mental work per year, relating to our annual Board meetings. Contact me by reply, with your CV, if you are interested.

I’m pleased to announce that the Board elected Robert T Bramson, MD Treasurer and member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation. Dr Bramson was chief of Pediatric Radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital, then executive VP of the radiology department at Boston Childrens Hospital. He retired as associate professor from Harvard.

Finally, our Book Prize and Papers Selection Boards are hard at work selecting the next winner of Harry J Langley Book Prize and the best papers for our panel at the McMullen Naval History Symposium at Annapolis in September. Announcements of winners are due at the end of April.

]]>https://historyofnavymedicine.org/2019/03/07/a-letter-to-our-members-and-friends-society-news/feed/0thomaslsnyderAnnouncing the Society’s McMullen Symposium Papers Selection Boardhttps://historyofnavymedicine.org/2019/02/15/announcing-the-societys-mcmullen-symposium-papers-selection-board/
https://historyofnavymedicine.org/2019/02/15/announcing-the-societys-mcmullen-symposium-papers-selection-board/#respondFri, 15 Feb 2019 19:53:08 +0000http://historyofnavymedicine.org/?p=3265Continue reading →]]>The Society is pleased to announce the following members have volunteered to serve in selecting the best papers for presentation at the 2019 McMullen Naval History Symposium. They are:

Dale Smith, PhD. (President of the Board). Dr. Smith is Professor of Military Medicine and History at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences and Chair of that University’s Military and Emergency Medicine Committee on Appointments, Promotion, and Tenure. He is an award winning writer in medical history. His areas of interest are the history of medical education, the history of infectious diseases, the history of surgery, and the problems of patient evacuation in military operations.

Paul Berman, MD. Dr Berman is a retired Internist and a medical historian, with concentration on 19th century American medicine. He is a member of the American Association for the History of Medicine and the American Osler Society.

Mark F Leep, J.D. Mr Leep, a former Marine Corps captain, has a 25 year career in human subjects research protections and other research enterprise regulatory and operational functions as an attorney for industry drug and device sponsors, clinical research organizations, physician researchers, and academic and community health care institutions, and as an Institutional Review Board member and vice chair, consultant, and human research protections operations leader.

Under Dr Smith’s guidance, the Board will select the best of the papers submitted for presentation at the Society’s panel at the McMullen Naval History Symposium in Annapolis in September. The Board plans to announce its selections no later that 15 April.

]]>https://historyofnavymedicine.org/2019/02/15/announcing-the-societys-mcmullen-symposium-papers-selection-board/feed/0thomaslsnyderMcMullen Symposium Papers Selection Boardhttps://historyofnavymedicine.org/2019/02/01/mcmullen-symposium-papers-selection-board/
https://historyofnavymedicine.org/2019/02/01/mcmullen-symposium-papers-selection-board/#respondFri, 01 Feb 2019 18:05:41 +0000http://historyofnavymedicine.org/?p=3263Continue reading →]]>It looks like we will have several papers submissions for our panel(s) at the McMullen Naval History Symposium in September. That means we need to stand up a Papers Selection Board to screen the submissions and select the best for presentation.

I’m looking for three volunteers for this purpose. I’d like to have a balance of academics and health professionals on this board. If you are interested, please send me your name and short CV / bio at historyofnavymedicine@gmail.com.

Today, the Society is releasing its Call for Papers. 250 word abstracts (in Word(r) format) and brief personal biographical resume should be submitted to the Society Executive Director (historyofnavymedicine@gmail.com) no later than 15 February 2019.

Generous travel grants are available for graduate / professional students whose papers are accepted for presentation.

]]>https://historyofnavymedicine.org/2018/11/21/2019-papers-panel-date-announced/feed/0thomaslsnyderSociety Names Members of the Langley Book Prize Selection Boardhttps://historyofnavymedicine.org/2018/10/04/society-names-members-of-the-langley-book-prize-selection-board/
https://historyofnavymedicine.org/2018/10/04/society-names-members-of-the-langley-book-prize-selection-board/#respondThu, 04 Oct 2018 22:27:01 +0000http://historyofnavymedicine.org/?p=3249Continue reading →]]>The Society for the History of Navy Medicine is pleased to announce the members of the selection board tasked with selecting a recently published book concerning the history of maritime medicine, the author(s) of which will receive the Harry D Langley Book Prize in the autumn of 2019. They are:

Robert T Bramson, MD. Doctor Bramson has been Associate Professor of Radiology at the University of South Florida College of Medicine (1985-1992) and Harvard School of Medicine (2002-2006). He was book and manuscript reviewer for several radiology journals for more than two decades. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1968 to 1971.

Barry M Gough, PhD. Professor Gough is a military and naval historian. He is University Professor Emeritus at Wilfrid Laurier University and Adjunct Professor of War Studies and History at the Royal Military College of Canada. The most recent addition to his extensive bibliography is Churchill and Fisher: Titans at the Admiralty, published in 2017.

Andre’ B Sobocinski. Mr Sobocinski is the Historian at the U.S. Navy’s Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, a post he has held for 12 years. Educated in history, psychology and information science, he is the author of more than 200 works relating to the history of navy medicine.

]]>https://historyofnavymedicine.org/2018/10/04/society-names-members-of-the-langley-book-prize-selection-board/feed/0thomaslsnyderLangley Book Prize Selection Board; Call for Paper(s) for the Society Panel(s) at the 2019 McMullen History Symposiumhttps://historyofnavymedicine.org/2018/09/29/langley-book-prize-selection-board-call-for-papers-for-the-society-panels-at-the-2019-mcmullen-history-symposium/
https://historyofnavymedicine.org/2018/09/29/langley-book-prize-selection-board-call-for-papers-for-the-society-panels-at-the-2019-mcmullen-history-symposium/#respondSat, 29 Sep 2018 21:22:40 +0000http://historyofnavymedicine.org/?p=3247Continue reading →]]>The Society will award its second-ever Langley Book Prize in the History of Naval / Maritime Medicine at the Naval Academy McMullen History Symposium in the autumn of 2019. I am looking for one person to join two eminent historians on the selection board. This board will review about half a dozen books that meet the criteria for the award, and select the finest of the lot, the author(s) of which will receive the Langley Prize and a generous cash prize. I believe I should be able to procure review copies of these books for you. If you are interested, please let me know by email at thomaslsnyder@gmail.com.

Two Society members have agreed to give papers at the 2019 McMullen. I am looking for a third paper. I’d prefer that this be from a graduate or professional student, but all comers are encouraged! If I get enough submissions to form a second panel, I will try to do so. Have something you’d like to give at the Naval Academy in 2019? Send me your paper proposal at thomaslsnyder@gmail.com. Remember: the Society will give a grant of up to $850 to help defray travel expenses of graduate / professional students whose papers are accepted for presentation in the Society’s panel(s).

]]>https://historyofnavymedicine.org/2018/09/29/langley-book-prize-selection-board-call-for-papers-for-the-society-panels-at-the-2019-mcmullen-history-symposium/feed/0thomaslsnyderSociety Partners with Naval Academy McMullen Naval History Symposium for 2019 Scholarly Papers Panelshttps://historyofnavymedicine.org/2018/08/25/society-partners-with-naval-academy-mcmullen-naval-history-symposium-for-2019-scholarly-papers-panels/
https://historyofnavymedicine.org/2018/08/25/society-partners-with-naval-academy-mcmullen-naval-history-symposium-for-2019-scholarly-papers-panels/#respondSat, 25 Aug 2018 15:18:22 +0000http://historyofnavymedicine.org/?p=3243Continue reading →]]>The Society is pleased to report that Commander Benjamin “BJ” Armstrong, USN, Assistant Professor of History at the U.S. Naval Academy, has told us that the McMullen Naval History Symposium will be happy to host our panel(s) at their September 2019 event. The Society has a “history” with McMullen: we mounted two panels at the 2011 Symposium and they were both well received and well attended. It is our desire to work toward a more permanent affiliation with the biennial McMullen going forward.

Commander Armstrong indicates that the Call for Papers will go out in early November with a submission deadline in early-to-mid February 2019. While the Symposium date is not yet established, the Naval Academy’s history department has mounted previous Symposia in mid-to-late September.

The Society will establish a panel of distinguished historians and naval persons to review and select papers for presentation in our panel(s), and will invite / provide panel chair(s) and commentator(s). Graduate and professional students whose papers are selected for our panel(s) will be eligible to receive the Society’s Graduate Student Travel Grant of up to $800 to attend the Symposium.

Stay tuned for more information, and in the meanwhile, start working up your paper proposals!